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Garden Club meeting The Martha Washington Garden Club will meet Aug. 18 at noon at Laboratory Presbyterian Church, 23 Manse St., Washington. At 10 a.m., there will be a flower show wrap-up. Members are asked to bring ideas, questions and possible solutions, as well as a review of judges' comments. The program will be Preserving the Harvest Past and Present by Kate Cunning, historian and Bradford House docent. The board will provide lunch. To reserve a seat, visit MWgcwashpa.wordpress.com/contact. Dine and donate A dine-and-donate day to support Mon Valley Paws will take place at the Trailside Restaurant, 108 W. Main St., West Newton, on Aug. 19. The Trailside Restaurant will share a ...

Penn Highlands Mon Valley shifts parking due to garage demo

Due to the ongoing demolition of the parking garage at Penn Highlands Mon Valley, patient and visitor parking will be temporarily shifted beginning Monday, Aug. 17. The parking lot adjacent to the Anthony M. Lombardi Education Conference Center will be closed to all patient and visitor traffic. The lot is expected to be closed for no more than three weeks. The circle in front of the conference center will remain open for patient drop-off and pick-ups. Parking will be available in the rear of the hospital for patients and visitors. Individuals arriving at the hospital should make a left turn at the four-way stop at the entrance to the campus and continue to the lot behind the ...

Coroner seeking information

The Washington County coroner's office is seeking information for David Lamansky, who was born August 7, 1944, and died August 8 in Transitions Healthcare in Washington. Information should be directed to the coroner's office at 724-228-6785.

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Meadows notebook: Melillo gets breakthrough victory

He had been knocking on the door in recent races. Melillo was waiting for that one crack to clear a path to victory in a signature stakes race. He found that crack and driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. steered him to it and to victory in 1:50.4 Saturday in the $300,000 Grade 2 Carl Milstein Memorial ...

Wild Things’ Czech is FL Player of Week

The Wild Things have another weekly award winner as Andrew Czech was named the Frontier League Player of the Week on Monday following a strong six days in Mississippi. Czech went 12-for-22 with two doubles, two home runs, eight runs and 12 RBI. He also walked eight times, allowing him to sport ...

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Steelers break training camp one day early

LATROBE – Mike McCarthy arrived at Saint Vincent College for his first training camp as coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers with a detailed plan designed to maximize the club's annual three-week trip to the western Pennsylvania hills. Mother Nature wreaked havoc with it, so much so that ...

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Op-Ed: Rather the ‘saving’ America, the SAVE Act is about voter suppression

For months, President Trump and his administration have been fixated on one issue. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with ending the war in Iran or with the affordability of groceries and gasoline. The president’s primary goal this spring and summer has been the passage of the Safeguard ...

Living

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Fly fishing isn’t as easy as it looks

On a chilly Sunday morning at the pond at Trax Farms in Finleyville, I tried my hand at fly fish casting. I have fished just twice in my life, but with a spinner and lure. Robert Watson, the manager of the Orvis store at the Galleria of Mt. Lebanon, provided me with a condensed Fly Fishing ...

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